Coast Guard decommissions services final high endurance cutter
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is moored at the cutter’s homeport of Kodiak, Alaksa, April 24, 2021. The Douglas Munro was decommissioned during a ceremony following 49-years of service to our nation. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) was decommissioned during a ceremony Saturday at Coast...
Coast Guard to hold decommissioning ceremony for CGC Douglas Munro Saturday
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is pictured during their last Bering Sea patrol. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard is scheduled to decommission Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724), the Coast Guard’s last 378-foot Hamilton class cutter, following 49 years of service, during a ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. on Coast Guard Base Kodiak.
The...
Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro return home from final patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is pictured during their last Bering Sea patrol, in which the crew conducted boarding evolutions of the fishing fleet and were available to respond to search and rescue cases in March 2021. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro, the service’s last operational 378’ high endurance cutter,...
Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro returns home from 2 month patrol
Members from Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro stand in formation on the back of the cutter, July 24, 2020. The cutter’s hull day, July 24, correlates with its hull number, 724.
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) returned to homeport following a two-month-long Operation North Pacific Guard (NPG) patrol, focused on enforcing international fishery...
Coast Guard demobilizes St. Paul, Cold Bay, Alaska, forward operating locations
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies over an active volcano near Cold Bay, Alaska, Feb. 7, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Pigage)
KODIAK, Alaska — Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews demobilized forward operating locations in St. Paul and Cold Bay, March 15, concluding the supplemental coverage of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Chain.
The aircrews...
Coast Guard investigating death of Cutter Douglas Munro crewmember
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guard member assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC-724) was found unresponsive and later declared deceased Sunday morning in Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Deceased is Seaman Ethan Kelch, 19-year-old male, from Virginia.
The cutter is in Dutch Harbor awaiting repairs. Kelch was reported missing during normal liberty hours Saturday night.
Crewmembers were deployed...
Coast Guard rescues 5 distressed mariners near Tununak, Alaska
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescued five people stranded on a boat without power off the Alaskan coast near Tununak, Saturday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted all five people and brought them to Tununak.
Watchstanders in the 17th District command center in Juneau received notification...
Coast Guard suspends search for man near St. Matthew Island, Alaska
Coast Guard HC-130 file photo
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man last seen aboard a fishing boat north of St. Matthew Island Thursday.
Two Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft crews searched along with the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro and the crews of fishing vessels Clipper Epic, Frontier Spirit and Frontier Mariner for more than 24 hours, covering...
Coast Guard searching for man near St. Matthew Island, Alaska
Coast Guard C-130 file photoANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard is searching for a man last seen aboard a fishing boat north of St. Matthew Island Thursday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak C-130 Hercules aircrew launched from Kotzebue and is searching for the man along with the crew of fishing vessels Clipper Epic, Frontier Spirit and Frontier Mariner. The man was initially reported missing to the...
